ABSTRACT
NorthKorea, like the south, was predominantly agricultural, even though the region had had a moderate extent of heavy industrial development. Considerable importance was ascribed to the program of land reform for the improvements in agricultural production. The agricultural system in North Korea shall be founded on individual ownership by farmers who are not shackled to landlords, and in the management of land. The village committees were to prepare a plan for redistribution of land under the supervision of District People’s Committees. Even in South Korea, the land reform proposals advanced by Military Government did not contemplate giving the new landholders unqualified ownership. Naturally in a state in which power was supposed to emanate from the workers, the relationship of labor organizations and the government was very close. The state control of the wages system was in keeping with the highly centralized economic planning which had been put into effect in North Korea, emulating the Soviet Union.
